Holmes PTO

Holmes Spring Party 2024
“VIBES OF THE CITY”

Friday, April 5th at 7pm

It’s time for the grown-ups to have some fun. We deserve it!

Join us at “The House,” a chic new event space located atop The Village in Stamford. It’s the perfect setting for a fabulous night out. Enjoy delicious food, flowing libations, beautiful décor and water views as you dance the night away. You won’t want to miss it!

Purchase your tickets today through the link in stories/profile.

**All tickets purchased by March 8th will be entered into a drawing to receive a spa gift certificate from Restore Massage Studio valued at $135!

Did you get your tickets yet for parents night out yet?

WHEN: Friday, March 8th, 7PM-10PM

WHERE: Middlesex Club

Link in bio and stories! RSVP by March 1, space is limited!

The next few weeks are busy busy as we glide towards spring! Mark your calendars for all the future Holmes events headed your way!

SNEAK PEAK of where all the fun will be had April 5th!

Mark your calendar, secure a sitter and buy your tickets TODAY for the big Holmes Spring Party. You won’t want to miss it!

Enjoy delicious food, flowing libations, beautiful décor and water views.

Click link in bio or stories to get your tickets!

Share Some Love this Valentine’s Day and Donate to Holmes School PTO’s Direct Appeal Fundraiser!

We’ve almost reached our fundraising goal of $20,000! Thank you to those families that have already made a donation. Through your generous support we’ve raised over $16,000 - just $4,000 shy of our target! If all Holmes families give just $20 we’ll reach our fundraising goal. Help us achieve 100% Holmes family participation and make your donation today. Let’s do this together to raise $20,000 by March 11!

The donations that we have received have helped to fund this year’s enrichment activities, including visits by the Whalemobile, The Magic of Science, Mad Science and High Touch High Tech. We depend on the support and generosity of our Holmes families to fund not only these activities, but also field trips, author visits, classroom supplies, teacher appreciation gifts and so much more! The PTO spends $175 per student to provide educational and fun programs and resources to our children. We need your donation so that we can continue to create an exciting and inspiring educational environment for Holmes School students.

Donate today via Paypal (link in stories/flowpage) or via check made out to “Holmes School PTO” and drop in the mailbox at 73 Greenleaf Avenue.

All donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your generosity and support of our school!

The Board of Education (BOE) meeting has been RESCHEDULED TO 7.30PM ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15TH. The meeting marks the last opportunity for you to make your voice heard by the BOE! After public comment at the top of the meeting, board members vote line-by-line on each proposed modification (aka the add / cut list) to the Superintendent’s proposed budget, and then vote to adopt the budget as a whole. Please consider making a public comment or email the BOE ([email protected]) to share your thoughts and opinions ahead of Thursday’s vote. Agenda with virtual meeting links and all 2024-2025 budget materials can be found at https://www.darienps.org/board-of-education.

We will be putting the Lost and Found table and rack out by the flagpole area each day this week (not tomorrow due to snow cancellation) and we encourage families to look for lost items when they come to pick up.

Among many other items, there are lots of Darien team sweatshirts, lovely winter coats, cozy sweaters and sweatshirts, and a plethora of high quality water bottles. Please, please take a look!

On Thursday, February 15th, any items still in the Lost and Found will be donated by the PTO to a local charity. Please check to be sure your family does not have any missing items prior to leaving for February Break!

Don’t Forget to Donate to Holmes School PTO’s Direct Appeal Fundraiser!

We’ve almost reached our fundraising goal of $20,000! Thank you to those families that have already made a donation. Through your generous support we’ve raised over $16,000 - just $4,000 shy of our target! If all Holmes families give just $20 we’ll reach our fundraising goal. Help us achieve 100% Holmes family participation and make your donation today. Let’s do this together to raise $20,000 by March 11!

The donations that we have received have helped to fund this year’s enrichment activities, including visits by the Whalemobile, The Magic of Science, Mad Science and High Touch High Tech. We depend on the support and generosity of our Holmes families to fund not only these activities, but also field trips, author visits, classroom supplies, teacher appreciation gifts and so much more! The PTO spends $175 per student to provide educational and fun programs and resources to our children. We need your donation so that we can continue to create an exciting and inspiring educational environment for Holmes School students.

Donate today via link in our profiles/stories or via check made out to “Holmes School PTO” and drop in the mailbox at 73 Greenleaf Avenue.

All donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your generosity and support of our school!

Please join us for a well-deserved Holmes parents night out!

WHEN: Friday, March 8th, 7PM-10PM

WHERE: Middlesex Club

Link in bio and stories! RSVP by March 1, space is limited!

Buy a Cookie, Support our School!
Visit Chip City, new at Darien Commons, on Friday, March 1, from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Try one, or all of the bakery’s scrumptious cookies (and other goodies). All in-store net proceeds will be donated back to our school. Bring your friends!

When: Friday, March 1, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Where: Chip City, 112 Heights Road

Mark your calendars! Spring registration is tomorrow at 8pm!

P2P Souper Bowl Drive starts tomorrow! Don’t forget to bring in your donations!

Our annual P2P Kids Care Club’s Souper Bowl of Caring is a fantastic opportunity for our students to practice kindness and generosity in our community.  

Food can be dropped in your student’s assigned team bin behind Mr DeLuca’s desk at the Main Entrance at Holmes. We’ll be collecting until Friday, Feb 9th. 

⭐️ The prize for the team with the most donations will be an extra recess.

Items in Need:
Hearty Soups
Pasta & Sauce
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Canned Tuna & Chicken
Dried & Canned Beans
Cold Cereal & Oatmeal
Snack / Granola Bars
Rice (1 lb. boxes)
Mac & Cheese
Canned Fruits & Veggies
Pancake Mix
Shelf-stable Milk

Holmes School Private Class!

SCULPT & TONE WITH ADRIENNE FLEMING
Join us for a 60 minute private class just for the moms of Holmes School!

Friday, March 1st at 9:30am for a full body workout with friends.

Sculpt & Tone: Most of this class consists of low impact strength training on the mat, and we will get our heart rates up with periodic burts of very simple and easy to follow dance cardio. Yoga mats are available at the studio, but feel free to bring your own. Please wear sneakers and bring 3 lb. hand weights and plenty of water. 1-2 lb. ankle weights are optional, so please bring them as well if you want to kick it up a notch!

To reserve your spot, please Venmo $28 to and click on an available space in the sign up genius to book your spot. If you already have a class package you can use one of your sessions for this private class!

Click the link in our profile or stories to sign up!

Please join us for this fun family-night out as we support our Holmes Chorus who will sing “Gob Bless America” at the game!

💲This is also a FUNdraising Event! The Islanders will be donating $3 of each ticket back to the PTO ❤️

Thank you for your support!

January 30 (Tuesday) is a crucial Board Of Education meeting to modify the proposed budget. Many cuts will affect all elementary schools. The proposed cuts are:

-Reducing Instructional classroom Aides to 2 total per school- which means having fewer teacher helpers and backup classroom support i.e., proposed 1 teacher per classroom vs 1 teacher and 1 helper per classroom.

-Reduce special teachers (i.e., music, art, Spanish, PE) by 2.4 teachers- remaining teachers would commute between schools on an unknown schedule. Quality education requires consistent teachers. These classes are a gift to students and a reason Darien has an excellent reputation. We should encourage and support these classes and teachers, not eliminate them.

-If you have 5th graders, the proposed cut of an entire teaching team at Middlesex will affect your students in the coming year..

Our voices matter; we elect our Board of Education as a community to represent us and our interests. share your views in person at the BOE meeting on Tuesday at 7 pm, via Zoom, and/or email the BOE- [email protected].

We would love to have as many Holmes parents attend the meeting as possible. If you can attend, please wear Holmes colors to support our school,and all the other incredible educators in our town, and the Holmes community.

Congratulations to Mrs. Costanza & Mrs. Soisson’s classes for winning the gummy worm challenge 🐛

They got a special visit from Holmer and some delicious gummy worms treats!

📣 We’re ALMOST at our Annual Appeal GOAL but need your help in getting us there!

Support Holmes School PTO and donate to our Annual Direct Appeal Fundraiser! We depend on the support of our Holmes families to fund field trips, author visits, enrichment programs, classroom supplies, teacher appreciation gifts and so much more! The PTO spends $175 per student to provide educational and fun programs and resources to our children. We need your donation so that we can continue to create an exciting and inspiring educational environment for Holmes School students. We hope all families will participate and no donation amount is too small (or too large!).

Donate today via Paypal or via check made out to “Holmes School PTO” and drop in the mailbox at 73 Greenleaf Avenue.

All donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your generosity and support of our school!

For any questions, please contact Kristen Skarvelis at [email protected].

Our annual P2P Kids Care Club’s Souper Bowl of Caring is a fantastic opportunity for our students to practice kindness and generosity in our community.  

Kids Care will be announcing the Souper bowl team assignments for each class this week.  We’ll begin collecting food items on Monday, Feb 5th.

Food can be dropped in your student’s assigned team bin behind Mr DeLuca’s desk at the Main Entrance at Holmes. We’ll be collecting until Friday, Feb 9th. 

⭐️ The prize for the team with the most donations will be an extra recess.

Items in Need:
Hearty Soups
Pasta & Sauce
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Canned Tuna & Chicken
Dried & Canned Beans
Cold Cereal & Oatmeal
Snack / Granola Bars
Rice (1 lb. boxes)
Mac & Cheese
Canned Fruits & Veggies
Pancake Mix
Shelf-stable Milk

🏃🏻‍♀️ GIRLS ON THE RUN is Back!

Sign up by February 10th!

(Continued)…More pics from Holmes Heritage Night!

Holmes Heritage Night (1 of 2)

Thank you to all of the families who took part in the Holmes Heritage Night! We loved all of the beautiful displays and learning about the cultures and values of your heritage!

🏒 Holmes School Night with the Bridgeport Islanders!

Listen to the Holmes choir perform “God Bless America” with the Darien elementary schools on Saturday, February 10th, 2024.

Get your discounted tickets using the QR code on the attached flyer or link in bio!

🆘 The Darien Public School FY25 proposed budget could have specific impacts on HOLMES including:

➡️reduction of instructional aides to a total of two for our school
➡️merging two Special Ed positions to create one K-12 Special Ed Director
➡️eliminating six teachers from MMS which could mean the reduction of one team (this impacts current Holmes 4th or 5th graders)
➡️eliminating 2.4 FTE for specials teachers (art, gym, music).

🗣️ Please share your views on these proposed changes with our Principal, our PTO Chairs, by emailing the Board of Ed or by speaking during Public Comment.

‼️It’s important to make your voice heard by Jan 23rd (Board of Education “add/cut night”). All budget materials and virtual participation details for the next meeting (January 18th) are linked in bio of CDSP insta account

THURSDAY, JAN 18th: 5-7pm

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the cultures, traditions and backgrounds that make our community so special. Drop in or stay awhile as you tour a range of student and parent led tables showcasing our unique heritages. ❤️ 🌎 ❤️

All students and families are welcome to attend this FREE event!

Please join us Thursday, January 18, 9:30-10:30am in the Holmes School common room for a parenting workshop with Dr. Alycia Dadd, the district Director of Mental Health.

The workshop is titled "Building your Toolkit for Parenting in the 21st Century" and this session is Part 2 of 4 in the series.

Holmer’s birthday on Friday - don't forget to wear Holmes spirit wear or blue and white! The kids have been working on guessing the number of gummy worms in the birthday jar this week.

It is not too late to sign up to host a booth at the Holmes School Heritage Night on January 18th! Sign up before 1/5 to take advantage of this amazing opportunity to showcase your family's heritage, values and culture! See bio for for more information and to sign up.

In the spirit of the holidays, consider a gift to the Holmes School PTO and make a donation to the Annual Direct Appeal Fundraiser!

We depend on the support of our Holmes families to fund field trips, author visits, enrichment programs, classroom supplies, teacher appreciation gifts and so much more! The PTO spends $175 per student to provide educational and fun programs and resources to our children. We need your donation so that we can continue to create an exciting and inspiring educational environment for Holmes School students. We hope all families will participate and no donation amount is too small (or too large!).

Donate today via Paypal (link in bio) or via check made out to “Holmes School PTO” and drop in the mailbox at 73 Greenleaf Avenue.

All donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your generosity and support of our school! Happy Holidays!